Fingerprints of God

What Science Is Learning About the Brain and Spiritual Experience

By: BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY

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Paperback | 4 May 2010

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The New York Times bestseller that explores the startling discoveries that science is making about faith.

Barbara Bradley Hagerty''s new book, Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife, is out now from Riverhead Books

Is spiritual experience real? Or is it a delusion? When we pray, what happens? Can science explain God? In Fingerprints of God, National Public Radio religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty attempts to answer these and other vexing questions about the science of spiritual experience. Along the way she tells the story of her own intriguing spiritual evolution, delves into the discoveries science is making about how faith affects our brains and explores what near-death experiences reveal about the afterlife. The result is a rich and insightful examination of what science is learning about how and why we believe.

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"With honesty, discernment, humor, grace-- and an enormous amount of reporting--Barbara Bradley Hagerty takes on one of the fiercest controversies of the last 500 years: Can we measure faith? Fingerprints of God reads like an elegant mystery story as Bradley Hagerty launches a search for evidence of God within us and the universe as a whole. People of faith and science will be grateful for the chance to join her on her quest."--E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Souled Out and syndicated columnist

"Barbara Bradley Hagerty has done something truly remarkable here. She has brought her considerable reporting skills and wonderfully wry writing to the question of who or what is God. By meticulously documenting scientific studies and interspersing them with the experiences of a number of individuals, including herself, she opens doors to those answers. Fingerprints of God is its own scientific and spiritual journey, one well worth taking."--Cokie Roberts, author of Ladies of Liberty and news analyst

"Fingerprints of God is a courageous and immensely enjoyable book. In Barbara Bradley Hagerty's investigation of the science of spirituality, I found answers for questions I've pondered for years. Many people will find themselves in these pages."--Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz

"What a book! The pages crackle with fresh insights into the nexus of faith and science. Striking just the right balance between skepticism and open-mindedness, Bradley makes for the perfect guide on this journey of discovery. Read this book. It'll inform and entertain - and just might change the way you view the world."--Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss

"You can find God in many places, from the condemned on death row to the deepest folds of the human brain. In this groundbreaking book on the emerging science of faith, Barbara Bradley Hagerty discovers the links between science and spiritual experience. Fingerprints of God will provoke you, intrigue you, and inspire you."--Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

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Crossing the Stream	p. 1
The God Who Breaks and Enters	p. 16
The Biology of Belief	p. 45
The Triggers for God	p. 63
Hunting for the God Gene	p. 81
Isn't God a Trip?	p. 104
Searching for the God Spot	p. 134
Spiritual Virtuosos	p. 164
Out of My Body or out of My Mind?	p. 192
Are We Dead Yet?	p. 216
A New Name for God	p. 243
Paradigm Shifts	p. 268
Acknowledgments	p. 287
Notes	p. 291
Index	p. 313
Readers Guide	p. 324
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